Nate olivarez-giles

Writer and editor

Current fiction focus: writing short stories and working on a novel

Fiction bonafides: Writing MFA student at University of San Francisco (class of 2027), member of the One Story Writers’ Circle (2025), One Story Writers’ Conference (2025) attendee, alum of the Roots Wounds Words 3rd Space Fiction Fellowship (2024), member of The Writers Grotto (since 2024)

Current day jobs: freelance writing, editing, teaching, coding, designing, consulting, dee jay

Former day jobs: building and launching tech editorial, fitness, meditation, and news products — journalist, podcast host and producer, videographer, photographer, graphic designer, web developer, hip-hop concert promoter, window washer


Likes: reading, writing, hip-hop, jazz, turntablism, jiu-jitsu, running, tacos

Dislikes: fascism, transphobia, homophobia, xenophobia, racism, sexism

Born: Los Angeles

Raised: Phoenix and Tempe

Currently: Los Angeles and San Francisco

Formerly: Tucson, Manhattan, Jerez de GarcĂ­a Salinas

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